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*^ Officers of the Central Committee 

Jl25l9n I ^^ ^^^ Bi- Centennial, May 15-16-17, 1904. 

Chairman, B. FRANK BATCHELLER 

Vice Chairmen, T. BURT STEVENSON, 

HENRY B. BULLARD, Rev. SAMUEL HODGKISS 

Recording Secretary, Miss SARAH M. MILI^S 

Corresponding Secretary, 

Rev. WARREN P. LANDERS 

Treasurer, HENRY S. STOCKVVELL 



Points of Interest 

The Site of tlie birthplace of General Rufus 
Putnam. 

Sepia drawing in Town hall : From oil painting 
of General Putnam, made for the Celebration, and the 
property of the Town of Sutton. 

The General Putnam Personal Relics in Memorial 
hall. This important loan exhibit is made through 
the special courtesy of the President and Corporation 
of Marietta college, Ohio. 

The "Bullard homestead," West Sutton: the 
early home of Artemas Bullard, D. D., Asa Bullard, 
D. D. and Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher. 

The Old Stone school house, erected in 1818. 

The First Congregational church. Those desiring 
to visit the church will find a Reception Committee in 
attendance. Bi-Centennial portraits of former pas- 
tors can be seen in the lecture room. 

The Bi-Centennial Memorial Manual, with valua- 
ble historical data, wivibe for sale at the church. 

The tomb of Dr. David Flail, pastor of this church 
from 1729 to 1789, and of the Rev. Edmund Mills, 
pastor from 1790 to 1825, buried in the cemetery 
immediately adjoining the Town hall. Their graves 
are marked by American flags. 

St. .fohn's Episcopal church, Wilkinsonville. 

The First Baptist church, West Sutton. 

The Baptist church, Manchaug. 

The Baptist church, South Sutton. 

An illustration of modern industry is the exten- 
sive plant of the ^lanchaug mills. 

"Purgatory." Sutton's wonderful geological curi- 
osity is situated three miles from the Town hall. 



In HiAcaangG 



iRnion Bi-Centennial Service 

Memorial HalL May 15, 1904, 3 30 P. M. 



The Rp:v. Warren P. Landers, Presiding. 



Voluntary Miss Anna H. Whipple 

Doxology 

Invocation The Rev. Samuel Hodgkiss. 

Rector, St. John's Episcopal Church, 
Wilkinsonville 

Anthem: "Hear, O My People" {Stevenson) 

Mrs. George W. Marble 
Miss Luella INI Dudley 
Mrs. Charles E. Hutchinson 
Mr. Charles E. Hutchinson 
Mr. William F. Hutchinson 

K Scripture Lesson The Rev. Harry D. Hanna, 
Pastor, United Presbyterian Church, 
Saundersville 

Hymn, Congregation: 'Coronation" 

Greeting The Rev. Willard F. Mallalieu. 

D. D., LL ,D . Bishop of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church. Read by The Rev. 
John M. Collins, Pastor, Baptist 
Church, Manchaug 

Address: What the Centuries Have Wrought for 
Christian Progress in the State. 
The Rev. Francis J. Van Horn, D. D., 
Pastor, Old South Congregational 
Church, Worcester 

Solo: Dr. Frank H. Kendrick, Worcester 

Address: What the Centuries Have Wrought for 
Christian Unity in the Church. 
Tht Rev. Geo. A. Putnam. Pastor, 
First Congregational Church, Millbury 



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Hymn, Congregation: "Onward Christian Soldier" 

Benediction The Rev. Leopold E. Scharf, Pas- 
tor, First Baptist Church, West Sutton 



lEbucation 2?a\> 

MONDAY, MAY 16, 1904 



9 00 a. m. to 6 00 p. m. 

Exhibition of School Work and Text- 
booli;s in Town Hall and Central School 
House. 



10.30 a. m. 



Orchestra 

Invocation 
Address 

Orchestra 
Address 



Address 



Orchestra 
Address 



Benediction 



Public Exercises in Memorial Hall in 
the interests of Education. The Rev. 
Samuel Hodgkis.s, Chairman of the 
School Board, Presiding. 



Mr. C. E. Steere, Worcester, 

Conductor. 



The Rev. Leopold E. Scharf. 

Education and the Elective Franchise, 
Col. Homer B. Sprague, Newton. 



Education in Massachusetts, 
Mr. J. W. MacDonald, 

Agent of State Board of Education . 

The City School, 
Mr. Homer P. Lewis, 
Superintendent of Schools, Worcester. 



The Democracy of Letters, 
Dean Frank A. Lombard, 
Collegiate Department, Doshisha Uni- 
versity, Kyoto, Japan. 

The Rev. John M. Collins. 



Xuncb anb Scbool IReuntons 

12.39 Noon: 

Bi-Centennial Tent. Luncheon Served 
on Basket Plan, each School providing 
for its own Graduates. Location indi- 
cated by Placards. High and Gram- 
mar School Graduates hold Reunions in 
High School Building. 
Speakers, Invited Guests and the Cen- 
tral Committee will dine in the Town 
Hall Dining Room. The public will be 
accommodated in Bi-Centennial Tent. 
Dinners 

Htbletlcs anb ©ut-ot-Door Games 



2 30 to 3.30 p. m. 

May Pole. Drill by Grammar Schools. 
Foot Races under direction of Mr. 
Frederick M. Barton, Principal of 
Wilkinsonville School. 



/IDon^ap Hfternoon Session 

3.30 p. m. 

Public Exercises in Memorial Hall, 
Mr. E.Blake Barton, Superintendent 
of Schools Presiding. 
Orchestra 

Opening Words 

Mr. E. Blake Barton, 

Superintendent of Schools. 

Kindergarten Games 

Directed by Miss Ada Longfellow. 
Orchestra 

Address 

The New England School in the West, 
The Rev. Alfred T. Perry, D. D., 

President Marietta College, Ohio. 

Brief Addresses 

Members of School Board, Graduates 
and others. 
Orchestra 



flDonbai? lEveninG 



8.00 to 9.00 p m. 

Public Reception to Town Officials. 
Steere's Orchestra 

9 00 to 10.00 p. m. 

Official Greetings from Towns incorpo- 
rating parts of Ancient Sutton. iMr. B. 
P'rank BatchelIjER, Cliairman of tlie 
Board of Selectmen, Presiding. 

Addresses 

Given in order of Cession of Territory : 
Westboro ^ 1728. AlR. P H. Reilly 
Upton 1735. Mr. Charles A. Whitney 

Auburn (Ward) 1778. Mr. Thomas E. Eaton 
North bridge 1780. The Rev. John R Thurston 
Oxford 1798, 

Mill bury 1813, Mr. Arthur li. Batchelor 

Grafton^ 1842, FloN. John E. McClei.lan 

5olo, Selected: Miss Luella M. Dudley 

Response for the Town of Sutton 

J. Fred Humes, Esq.. Town Attorney 
Orchestra 



Civic ©ai? 

TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1904 



10 30 a. m 



Dedication of Memorial to General. 
RuFUS Putnam, near Site of Birthplace. 
Line of March formed at 10 00 o'clock. 
Mr Henry F. Rice. Chief Marshal. 
Aids: Mr. T. Burt Stevenson. Mr. John 
E. Gifford, Mr. Fred L. Batchellkr, 
Mr. Charles E. Lowe, Mr Lindoe E. 
French. Military Escort: Worcester 
Light Infantry. C Company, Second 
Regiment, M.V. M, Captain Phineas 
L. Rider in Command. B Battery 
Band. Worcester, Mr Emery D Ingra- 
HAM, Conductor. Speakers. Invited 
Guests. Veterans. Citizens. 



Bierctses ot DeMcation 



The Hon. James W, Stockwell, Presiding. 

Selection, 

B Battery Band 
Opening Words : 

Presiding Officer 

Prayer of Dedication 

The Rev. Warren P. Landers. 
Unveiling of Memorial Tablet 

The Hon William W. Mills, Marietta, 
Official Representative from tlie State 
of Oliio. and Mr. Henry S. Stockwell, 
Representing tlie Town of Sutton. 
Addresses : 

The Hon. John Tj Batks. 

Governor of Massncliusetts. 
* The Hon. William Howard Taft, 

Secretary of War. 
The Hon. William W. Mills, Oliio. 
The Hon. George Frisbie Hoar, 

United States Senator. 
Singing, "America" 

Return Line of Harch 

Civic H)a? Banquet 

1.30 p. m., in Bi-Centennial Tent. Ticlcets One Dollar 

Music 

B Battery Band 

Special Guests : 

Tlie Spealcers of the Day; The Hon. 
Walter H. Blodget, M ayor of Worcester ; 
iMrs Harriet M. Forbes, Worcester, Re- 
gent of Timothy Bigelow Chapter, D. A. 
R. ; Mrs. Lydia H. Hewett, Sutton, Re- 
gent of Abigail Batchelder Chapter, D. 
A. R,; Whitinsville; Officers of the Cen- 
tral Committee and Chairman of the 
Sub-Committees. (Uiaplain, The Rev. 
John Colman Hall, A. M., Sturbridge. 

Luncheon will also be Served, a la carte; in the Lecture 
Room of the Firnt Congregational Church. 
* Detained by illness. 



Hfter Dinner Speecbes 



The Rev. Herbert Edwin Lombard, Newton, 
Toastmaster 



Greetings from the President of the United States, 

THE HON. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. 

Greetings from the Governor of Massachusetts, 

THE HON. JOHN L. BA TES. 



Responses: 



Music 



Music 



The Army, 

* The Hon. William Howard Taft, 

Secretary of War. 
The Nation, 

The Hon. George Frisbie Hoar. 

United States Senator. 
The Forefathers, 
Judge William LeBaron Putnam, 

United States Circuit Court. 

Portland, Maine. 

The Country Town, 

The Hon. John R. Thayer, 

Member of Congress. 
The Puritan's Contribution to America. 
The Hon. Curtis Guild, Jr., 
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts. 
Rufus Putnam and Ohio, 
President Alfred T. Perry, 

Marietta College, Ohio. 
The Town of Sutton, 

Thomas M. Babson, Esq., 

City Solicitor of Boston. 

The Colonial Women, 

Prof. Edwin A. Grosvenor, LL. D. 

Amherst College. 
Agriculture in Massachusetts, 
The Hon. J. Lewis Ellsworth, • 

Secretary of the State Board. 

Putnam of Rutland, 

Mr. Walter A. Wheeler, of Rutland. 



Music 

* Detainjed by illness. 



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ITuesba^ Bvenlng 



Mr. Henry B. Blllard, Presiding. 



8.00 p. m. 

Symphony Orchestra, Boston, 

Mr. H. I. Odell, Conductor. 

Reception to Visitors 

Brief Addresses by Guests 

Anniversary Poem: 

Mrs. Helen Knight (Bullard) Wyman, 

Cambridge. 

Closing Words: 

The Hon. George J. Dudley, Sutton. 

9.30 p. m. 

Colonial Minuet in Court Costume 

Mr. Ernest D. King, 

Mrs. Ernest D. King 
Mr. Herbert L. Ray, 

Mrs. Herbert L. Ray 
Mr. Roy VV. Warner, 

Mrs. James W. Stockwell 
Mr. Orrin E. Smith, Jr., 

Mrs. Orrin E. Smith. Jr. 

10.00 to 1.00. 

Bi-Centennial Ball 

Symphony Orchestra, Boston. 



JUN 13 1907 



Committees 

FINANCE. „ 

Henry F. Rice, Chairman Henry B. Bullard 

Richard H. Dodge George J. Dudley 

T. Burt Stevenson Henry S. Stockwell 

PROGRAM AND PRINTING. 

James W. Stockwell, Chairman E. Blake Barton 

Henry C. Batcheller Ira Darling ^ 

Foster Freeland Rev. Warren P. Landers 

RECEPTION. 

B. Frank Batcheller, Chairman Dexter A. Brigham 

Rev. John M. Collins John F. Freeland 

Rev. Samuel Hodgkiss Benjamin Townley 

ENTER TA INMENT. 

Charles N. Woodbury, Chairman Lucius L. Burdon 

B. Frank King Henry F, Lombard 

Henry W. Putnam, 1st Clinton S. White 

HALLS AND DECORATIONS. 

Tyler Stockwell, Chairman Henrv T. Dudley 

Charles H. Norcross Clvmer A. Revnolds 

Elmer E. Shaw David Tousignant 

MUSIC. 

E. Blake Barton. Chairman J. Emerson Holbrook 

Charles E. Hutchinson Charles E. Lowe 

Alfred A. Putnam Henry S. Stockwell 

TRA NSPOR TA TION. 

Franklin L. Putnam, Chairman Edward Adams 

John Armsby George H. Hewett 

George S. Kenney Herbert L. Ray 

Fred 8. Smith 

BALL. 

Ernest D. King, Chairman E. Blake Barton 

John E. Gifford Mrs. T. Burt Stevenson 

Mrs. Herbert L. Ray Mrs. James W. Stockwell 

xMiss Luella M. Dudley Miss Anna H. Whipple 

REGISTRATION AND INFORMATION. 

Eli K. Vaughan, Chairman Frederick M. Barton 

H. John Hiuchliffe- Charles P. King 

D. A. Wheeler 

USHERS: For Sunday Service 

Fred L. Batcheller, Chairman Fred B. Clark '' 

Sumner C. Clifford William H. Davis 

William A. Greene, M. D. Milton L. Holbrook 

Wallace F. King Walter J. King 

Albert S. Putnam Charles R. Tift 

USHERS: For Receptions 

John E. Gifford, Chairman Lindol E. French 

William F. Hutchinson Joseph C. Jacques 

Wallace F. King George M. xMoore 

Arthur B. Putnam Fred H. Smith 

Clarence E. Wallace ' Roy W. Warner 

Miss M. Ethel Brigham Miss Ruth C. Clark 

Miss Marion M. Cullina Miss Grace E. Davis 

Miss Luella M, Dudley Miss Ethel M. Fletcher 

Miss JfcieJD. Jacques. Miss H. Harriet Putnam 

Miss ■fizabith WeicA/ ^ Miss Anna H. Whipple 



[iss "ttfie-jJ^. Jacques \ . 

iss jRzjJJth Wefciy ^ 



Committee Headquarters 



The General Headquarters of the Bi-Centennial 
Committee is in the Town Hall. 

Reception Committee, room at right of Entrance. 

Registration, Program, Entertainment, Informa- 
tion and Transportation Committees in room at left 
of Entrance. 

Badges and photographs of interest will be for 
sale at this Headquarters. 

Orders will also be taken for the illustrated Offi- 
cial Souvenir volume, containing the proceedings of 
the three days Celebration. It will present, also, a 
synopsis of Sutton's history, important dates, 
sketches of some of its distinguished children. Price 
One Dollar, postage ten cents additional. 

A check room will be found in Lyric hall, up one 
flight. 

Rest room . There is provided a free Rest room 
for women in the parlor of The First Congregational 
church. An attendant will bo in charge. 

Tickets for the Banquet, Civic day, May 17, 
should be procured early, at the Entertainment head- 
quarters. Price One Dollar. 

Meal tickets can be purchased at Headquarters. 

Letters and telegrams can be found with the 
Information Committee. 



Public Entertainment 

Monday : The schools will provide lunch in Bi-Cen- 
tennial tent and in the High School building for 
graduates. 

The public will be served in the Bi-Centennial 
tent, dinners fifty cents. 

Supper will be served in the Town hail dining 
room, price twenty-five cents 

Tuesday : The Banquet will be held in the Bi-Cen- 
tennial tent. Tickets One Dollar. 

Luncheon will also be served, a la carte, in the 
lecture room of The First Congregational church. 

Visitors desiring Over- uij::^ht entertainment should 
apply to the Entertainment Committee, Town hall 
Headquarters. 



A careful reading ot the Programme on 
the preceeding pages will suggest an- 
swers to many inquiries. 

Transportation 



The nearest Trolley car line makes its terminus at 
Bramanville, Millbury. Cars arrive from City hall, 
Worcester, at 7 20 a. m., and every forty minutes 
thereafter until 12 p. m. 

Keturning cars for Millbury and Worcester leave 
Bramanville on same schedule time. Line connects 
at Millbury Centre for towns on the Blackstone Val- 
ley road. 

Public conveyance from Sutton will meet Trolley 
at Bramanville : 

Monday : Every hour from 8 to 12 a. m. At 3, 7, 
7 80 and 8 p. m. 

Tuesday : Every half-hour from 8 to 11 a. m. 
12, 12.30 m., 1, 7, 7.30 and 8 p. m. 

Fare from Bramanville to Sutton, fifteen cents. 
Return same price. 

On Monday Barges will leave Manchaug for Sut- 
ton, at 9 and 10 a. m. Fare twenty-five cents. 

Inquire at Transportation Headquarters, Town 
hall, concerning trains on Boston & Albany and the 
New York, New Haven & Hartford railroads. 



Mail Service 



Mails arrive-Rural Free Delivery— at 9 a. m. and 
6 p. m. Collections : 5.45 a. m. and 3 p. m. 



Telephone 



The local pay station telephone call is 
"Millbury division, 23-5." 




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